Chapter 128: The alibi of “Delis”

"But what should I say to Ginny? She values ​​the diary more than anything else."

Harry said with some embarrassment, "To be honest, I feel bad that we hid the matter of Mr. Cyrus from her."

"But this is Mr. Cyrus's request. To be honest, although Ginny is my sister, I completely understand Mr. Cyrus. If there was a girl talking to me 24 hours a day, I would also collapse!" Ron said seriously, "And she still writes in her diary from time to time."

"You two don't understand girls' minds at all." Hermione shook her head in disgust, then stood up, "Let me go, I'll ask her to let me borrow the diary. I think she'll understand"

After that, Hermione walked away.

Ron leaned his head to Harry's ear, "I bet she wants to talk to Mr. Cyrus herself."

"You'd better say less." Harry poked him with his elbow.

The atmosphere between Ron and Hermione had been giving him a headache. Crookshanks, the cat Hermione bought, kept staring at Ron's Scabbers, which made them quarrel non-stop.

Harry was often tortured by the two of them after returning from hard quidditch training.

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"Tonks, Delis, now we need you two to repeat what happened at that time."

Scrimgeour, the head of the Auror Office, arrived with Fudge shortly after Tonks woke up.

As soon as he entered the ward, he immediately said with a sullen face, "It's mainly you, Tonks. I have read Delis's report."

"Wait, wait, don't be so anxious." Fudge came out and tucked his green hat under his armpit. "Dumbledore said he will be here soon. He wants to know some details. Let's wait until he arrives."

'Dumbledore is coming?'

Although this was not unexpected by Cyrus, he couldn't help but sit up straight with a gulp.

Only when you really face that old man, you will know how terrible he is.

Those eyes seemed to be able to see through everything, seeing through a person from inside to outside, even the most obscure secrets in the heart seemed to be completely defenseless in front of him.

Especially since he had spent a lot of time to subdue the dragon, when the Aurors arrived, he had no time to modify Tonks' memory.

After a while, Dumbledore walked in with brisk steps.

He was very tall, with a long beard that dragged down to his waist, and looked very wise and kind. Every gesture seemed to contain great magic power.

As soon as he entered the door, his eyes swept over everyone present. His gaze barely lingered, but Cyrus felt that he paused on his body.

So much so that Cyrus even suspected that the other party had seen something and began to get nervous.

Of course, he remained calm on the surface and just acted like like Delis himself would act.

Finally, Dumbledore's eyes rested on Tonks on the hospital bed.

"How are you feeling, Tonks?" He kindly walked to the edge of the hospital bed. Cyrus stood up from the only two seats and gave up his seat to him. "Oh, thank you, Delis, I'm glad you care so much about a centenarian."

Dumbledore took the chair and sat down without any excuse.

"I'm fine, Professor Dumbledore," Tonks said, shaking her head.

"Like the Aurors who were knocked unconscious in the Ministry of Magic before, it's not a big injury. It just took some time for the hospital to break the spell." Moody glanced at Scrimgeour first and then said to Dumbledore.

After all, Scrimgeour was his old colleague in the past, and now he is the head of the Auror Office, so they have some friendship.

As for Fudge?

Who wants to be friends with that stinky man? Not Moody at least.

After hearing this, Dumbledore nodded with a half smile.

He felt more and more that Cyrus was different from Tom Riddle.

If we talk about it in school, it can be said that Cyrus was afraid of him so he didn't dare to kill anyone. But even after leaving Hogwarts, although the other party still behaved erratically, he did not kill too many people but only eliminated a group of dark wizards, which was very strange.

However, Dumbledore was still a little confused as to why Cyrus appeared on the coast of Scotland.

"Miss Tonks, could you tell me what you saw at that time?"

Tonks immediately glanced at Cyrus and then nodded stiffly. She was also a student who had just graduated two years ago, and Dumbledore's halo of the headmaster had not faded yet.

"Delis and I were originally watching at the Hog's Head Inn, but then Delis probably got bored, so he went to the Three Broomsticks every day to flirt with the boss lady..." Tonks said with resentment.

Cyrus: "? ? ?"

'When did I flirt with the boss lady of the Three Broomsticks?'

Feeling that all five eyes in the ward were on him, especially Tonks' triumphant and evil expression, Cyrus knew that he should defend himself.

"Haha, it's understandable. Madam Rosmerta is indeed beautiful." Dumbledore said with a narrowed eye and a smile.

"Is this true, Delis?" Moody immediately asked in a bad tone.

He had already grasped the crutch with one hand, and it seemed that as long as Cyrus did not give him a satisfactory answer, he would immediately pick up the crutch and cast a spell on Cyrus.

Scrimgeour was relatively restrained but also looked solemn.

A genius who is a Metamorphmagus is a very rare treasure in the Auror team, otherwise there would be no need to ask Moody to train Tonks.

"Of course not, from the beginning I guessed that the goblin and the dark wizard were very vigilant. I am not Tonks, and if I appear in the bar every day, it will arouse suspicion. You know, I am not very good at changing appearences." Cyrus said immediately.

"And I didn't actually leave, but followed Tonks all the time. I just hid myself, otherwise how could I save her?"

"You followed me?" Tonks was full of surprises.

"But why did I hear the bartender at the Hog's Head say that you didn't return to the bar until the evening?" Moody's scrutinizing eyes were like lasers.

At this time, Fudge also nodded to add fuel to the fire: "The person who notified the Ministry of Magic was the bartender of the Hog's Head Inn. He said that an Auror was in trouble, and another Auror who was traveling with her had not yet arrived."

Dumbledore also became interested and looked at Cyrus with a half-smile, as if waiting for an explanation.

Cyrus didn't panic at all.

"That's the problem. I didn't go anywhere that afternoon. I was hiding near the Inn and keeping an eye on Tonks. You can go and get evidence from any shop owner in Hogsmeade."

Cyrus did not go to any stores that afternoon but went to the Shrieking Shack, which served as his alibi.

"When the Inn's door opened, I discovered that Tonks was following the Dark Wizard alone, and I immediately started following her from the shadows. As for the 'me' who the bartender saw in the evening - I think this can explain why Tom Riddle appeared on the coast of Scotland. "

"You mean, the 'you' who appeared at the Hog's Head Inn in the evening was actually Tom Riddle pretending?" Dumbledore confirmed gently.

"I'm afraid that's the case."

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